Burning Problem under leopard

Hi Everybody,
I'm writting here because I met a burning problem with my iMac CoreDuo. I manage to erase a DVD RW, but no way to burn a DVD or a DVDRW : the burn session begins, but stop after few minutes and eject the DVD (partially written).
I checked the RecordingDisc.log file, here are the logs (logs with LiquidCD App, but this is the same when I try to burn through MacOS directly):
LiquidCD: Burn started, Tue Jan 22 19:12:06 2008
LiquidCD: Burning to DVD+RW (MBIPG101 W04) media with DAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846 FB2U via ATAPI.
LiquidCD: Requested burn speed was 47x, actual burn speed is 4x.
LiquidCD: Burn failed, Tue Jan 22 19:12:06 2008
LiquidCD: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
LiquidCD: Burn error: 0x8002006D Le périphérique n'a pas pu calibrer le niveau de puissance du laser pour ce méd
and :
Disk Utility: Erase started, Tue Jan 22 19:13:54 2008
Disk Utility: Erasing DVD+RW (MBIPG101 W04) media in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846 FB2U via ATAPI.
Disk Utility: Erase finished, Tue Jan 22 19:14:16 2008
I tried to reinstall 10.5.1 update, but this didnt fix the problem.
So do you have an ideo to help me ?
Message was edited by: ewssk

I get this same error on my 2.4Ghz 15" MBP running 10.5.1;
System Profiler:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B02
SMC Version: 1.16f8
Serial Number: {No, Not Yours}
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
~/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log:
Disk Utility: Burn started, Mon Jan 28 12:57:08 2008
Disk Utility: Burning to DVD+R DL (RITEK D01) media with DAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E ZA0E via ATAPI.
Disk Utility: Requested burn speed was 47x, actual burn speed is 2.4x.
Disk Utility: Burn failed, Mon Jan 28 12:57:21 2008
Disk Utility: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
Disk Utility: Burn error: 0x8002006D The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.
I have seen this sort of issue discussed in various other threads with suggested remedies of everything from Resetting the SMC to more bizzare (yet substantiated) recommendations of switching languages;
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6164600&#6164600
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5699813&#5699813
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6240377&#6240377
I was able to burn DL DVD's with 10.4.11, which is what shipped with my MBP when I purchased it. I haven't had need to burn a another DL DVD until now, approx 4 months later.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions on this? At this point I'm pondering waiting to see if 10.5.2 resolves the issue. If not, I suppose a trip to the Genius Bar is in order.
Love,
shmoo

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